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LAFA Winners - February 2025

  • Writer: LAFA Team
    LAFA Team
  • Mar 2
  • 3 min read

Updated: Mar 5




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Best Picture

The Wildman of Shaggy Creek - Jesse Edwards


Best Narrative Feature

The Wildman of Shaggy Creek - Jesse Edwards


Best Narrative Short

Asher Baby - Paulina Ulrich


Honorable Mention: Narrative Film

Experientia - Kevin Georget


Best Indie Feature

After the Freeze - Tenley Eakin Raj


Best Indie Short

Locksmith - Whitney Williams


Honorable Mention: Indie Film

THE PARASiTE - Hao Zhang


Best Drama

The Rise & Decline of Punk Rock - Dustin Haney


Best Inspirational Film

Cosmic Rhapsody - A Journey of Hope - Susan Mey Lee Lim, Christina Teenz Tan


Best Musical/Dance Film

Birds of a Feather - Cat Rendic


Best LGBTQ Film

RETREAT - Mari SanGiovanni


Best Web Series

The Madness of David Judge - Mike Mayhall


Honorable Mention: Web Series

Dick Bunny - Katie Locke O'Brien


Best Commercial

Lucky Around The World - Hsun-Chun Chuang


Best Documentary Feature

At What Cost - Stewart A Campbell


Honorable Mention: Documentary Feature

Broad Minded City - Quirino de la Cuesta (Quasimodo 4)


Best Documentary Short

Ex-Friends - Kathryn Ebba Gould


Honorable Mention: Documentary Short

What About Me - Behind the Scenes - Charles D'Alberto, Arianna Fiandrini, Mauro Magrini


Best Animation

Lucky Around The World - Hsun-Chun Chuang


Honorable Mention: Animation

Tiny Teaching Tales - Julie Anne Burch


Best Music Video

La Cuadrada by Belinda & Tito Double P - Lariss De la Vega, Kathya Velázquez


Honorable Mention: Music Video

Urban Cowboy - Cali Tucker, Dustin J Robison


Best Student Film

Blossom - Liang Zhang


Honorable Mention: Student Film

Inflight Inflatables - John Mac Menamie


Best Director (Feature)

The Wildman of Shaggy Creek - Jesse Edwards


Best Director (Short)

The Rise & Decline of Punk Rock - Dustin Haney


Honorable Mention: Director

FEAR, Forget My Name - Alex Bram


Best First Time Director (Feature)

At What Cost - Stewart A Campbell


Best First Time Director (Short)

The Loved One Dies - Qian Wan


Honorable Mention: First Time Director

Once Upon A Time In My Village - Charlie S Tang


Best Indie Filmmaker

FIEND - Lucas Cavanagh, Olivia Simon, Sydney Brumfield


Honorable Mention: Indie Filmmaker

Walter, Jenny and the Christmas Carolers - Dean Attari


Best Young Filmmaker

Forgot - Jiahe Guo


Best Actor

Asher Baby - Heston Horwin


Best Actress

Asher Baby - Katie Parker


Best Actress in an Indie Film

Flourishing - Pauline Malinet


Best Supporting Actor

Rebel - Kabir McNeely


Best Young Actor

The Wildman of Shaggy Creek - Hudson Hensley


Best Young Actress

The Wildman of Shaggy Creek - Ayla Bullington


Best Duo

Asher Baby - Katie Parker & Heston Horwin


Best Ensemble

The Rise & Decline of Punk Rock - Shane West, Mason Mecartea, Sam Brooks, Ryan Johns, Juan Graterol


Best Cinematography

At What Cost - Chris M Stanton


Best Editing

The End - Weiqi Meng


Best Score

The Wildman of Shaggy Creek - Jose Skertchly


Best Sound Design

The Rise & Decline of Punk Rock - Zach Noblitt


Inspiring Woman in a Film

Flourishing - Pauline Malinet


Best Trailer

For: LiLa - Malik Myers


Screenplay of the Month

Marshmallow Lake - Daniel Bodenmann


Best Feature Screenplay

Marshmallow Lake - Daniel Bodenmann


Honorable Mention: Feature Screenplay

Twice Upon a Time - Hayley Jean Reeves


Best Short Screenplay

The Executioner - Kate Chen


Honorable Mention: Short Screenplay

Alabaster Muse - R. D. Smith


Best Drama Screenplay

Delaney - Nathan E Wells, DJ Stroud


Best Horror Screenplay

Mystic Masala - Sadhana Singhal


Best First Time Screenwriter (Feature)

Dreme - Ashok Reddy


Best First Time Screenwriter (Short)

The Executioner - Kate Chen


Best Television Script

Good American B*tches - Talia Masiello


Honorable Mention: Television Script

Solara - Jeff Kimball






The Wildman of Shaggy Creek Trailer








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